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1 Kings 7:3

1 Kings 7:3 is verse 3 of 1 Kings chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.

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King James Version

And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.

World English Bible

It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams that were on the pillars, fifteen in a row.

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1 Kings 7:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.

2 He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.

3 The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.

4 There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers.

5 All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Kings 6:5

Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.

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